Folding umbrella.



C. SARANIECKI. FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1915.

Patented J an. 18, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON. D. c.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D. c

subject of the Emperor ofAustriaa'I-lungary,

ini saaa I New Haven andSt-ate of air. s m a" sasaayetaaacmvs 4 j rot-tia a ma enta] To al l may mm 1 I 1 Be it known thatwl CARL SARAN'IEEC'KI,

residing at New Haven 'in the county of Connecticutyhave' invented certain newlvand useful Improve-- v lnGIltS in Folding Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

I This invention relates to'cer'tain new .and

useful improvements in'foldingumbrellas The 'primary object of this "invention. is

1 j to provide an umbrella thatmay be readily folded into compact space convenient for carrying either in the" handor in "a "travel-w ing case. I

- A further' object of the invention 'is to.

I provide" an umbrella; having telescoping rib and [handle members adapted for folding and unfolding automatically, the -'ufnbrellabeing opened and j closed -in the usual man at'23 to the inner ends of thexouterl rib sec- .ner. s

. With 'these genefal objects in viewfandothers that twlllappear asthe nature: of the" inventior'i is better understoodythesameicon sists in th'e' "novel combination and arrange-- more fully. 'de-f i scribed; r illustrated *in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in -the. aapf)end'edclaims. I

In the drawings" forming :a partl of this applications-11d: :inwhich *like' desi-grrating' 1 characters refer to corresponding parts;

throu'ghoutgthe' several viewsz e-Fi'gurelis a radial sectional vview-through provided-J with the present' device and illustrated in its open position. Fig. 2=is-ia :.si"niilar view of a porti'onoftt-h'e "umbrella frame parts thereof being shown finc'entra'l longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a view of an umformed of an outer solid rod 11 terminating in a ground engaging joint 12 and a tubular I brel l'a fi arae in itesclosed position; 'Iparts'- being removed therefrom. I Fig. 4 is asinii:

lar view of the umbrellaframe in its folded position being partially shown in section.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the 45 I sliding joint employed with the rib members. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken and Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view with the slidable ribs. Referring more in detail to the drawings, a centrally-arranged rod 10' is provided "umbrella upon line VI.VI of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a similar view taken upon line VIIVII of Fig. 5,

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rod telescoping'thereover i and provided I with Ia carrying'handle' .14'at its outerendi' I g A fabric-forming canopy :15 is provided of's'ubstantially the usual formbeing sup 7 ported by a plurality 50f ribs: hinge'd to-a collar 16' carried by the 'rod' memberfll each of thesaidribs being formed at an 1 inner rib portion .llsubstantially U shape lncross section and an outer rib portion 18 shdablyarranged telescopic relati'on therewith; A journaled collar 19 of the form'best' illustrated in Fig.- 8 is secured; adjacent theinnerend 20 of each. of the outergrib sections 17 and'is. providedwith oppositely arranged inwardly projecting anges 21 adapted for the sliding reception of the outer rib section 18 therein and. whereby the two rib sections are 'slidably connected together. Strengthening struts" or brace ribs-22 areihingedly connected as inftherodsection -13 an'dis positioned "be tweenthe-inner end- 27'- of the'handleil'efzmd the innerend 28' of the outer" ro'd section 11." A lug '29 is carriedfby thesaid inner end 218 of. the outer. rod section 11 and" is slidably positionedwithin a. longitudinal side slot: 305

of the iniirro'd section 13,- wh erebythe rela-' tiive telescoping movements ofjthe rod 's e'c tions are limited by theengagement 6f the saidlug :293. withthe' opposite ends; of the slot 30 it being understood that the spring -QB-norma-I'Jy retains therod se'ctioifslin their ioliterfiiost or projected positions as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.

Aspring pressed normally outwardly projecting latch 31 is carried by therod l1 and projects through a slot 32 in the rod 13 when the umbrella rod is extended and which retains the said rods'in their extendedpositions until the latch 31 is depressed.

A spring pressed retaining catch .33 is carried by the operating ferrule25 and projects through an opening 34 in the said fer-, rule and automatically'engages'within a perforation 35 in the rod 13 when the umbrella is in its unfolded and closed position, which arrangement maintains the umbrella so 

